How can we tell if Geno is ok? Using facial expressions is out the window on this one.

Seriously though... If the Pens have learned anything about concussions and that symptoms can take a few days to appear, I wouldn't play him tomorrow and I'd keep him in Pittsburgh during this upcoming 3 game road trip.

He's gonna be fine...I have a friend that's dating a pre-med student at La Roche college that said her dad once had a concussion, and he said that Geno's constant mouth-breathing eliminates the 'clenched jaw' precursor that exists in all concussion situations. My other friend (who made it to the semi-finals on Jeopardy in 1997) actually theorizes that Malkin's mouth-breathing is a sign of a permanent concussion sustained when he was 5 yrs old...thus rendering him immune to any future concussions.

Tico Rick wrote:If anyone would know how malkinshead is doing, I would think it would be malkinshair.

You knows it...

My source's name is malkinscurrentphysicalconditionandormindset. Until last night, he was focused on Geno's lack of confidence stemming from his 5v5 scoring failures. He's a good friend...of a friend...of my coworker...'s cousin.

Tico Rick wrote:If anyone would know how malkinshead is doing, I would think it would be malkinshair.

You knows it...

My source's name is malkinscurrentphysicalconditionandormindset. Until last night, he was focused on Geno's lack of confidence stemming from his 5v5 scoring failures. He's a good friend...of a friend...of my coworker...'s cousin....

Tico Rick wrote:If anyone would know how malkinshead is doing, I would think it would be malkinshair.

You knows it...

My source's name is malkinscurrentphysicalconditionandormindset. Until last night, he was focused on Geno's lack of confidence stemming from his 5v5 scoring failures. He's a good friend...of a friend...of my coworker...'s cousin....

Bioshock wrote:So, here we go all over again. I fully expect rumors of retirement and all sorts of crazy stuff if he's out the rest of the season.

Hell, i even remember callers on local radio saying Crosby is doomed and shouldn't play this season because he's only going to get killed out there.

I'm gonna go hide my head in the sand for the next 12 months.

This is not directly related at you but I think the entire issue with Crosby was that the organization mangled it, from the diagnosis to the handling of the media. I mean if memory serves me correctly they even had Rossi taken off the beat because he asked too many obvious questions.

The Sid ordeal got to be pretty scary, he comes back after almost a year and has symptoms after playing a few games and not even taken hits. This after more than a handful of players missed a year, 2 years or didnt come back at all.

With Malkin, if it is just a concussion the handling of it, the reporting and even LGP comments will be fine. People just keep forgetting the reason the Sid Concussion Drama got out of control was because he had a broken neck.

Bioshock wrote:So, here we go all over again. I fully expect rumors of retirement and all sorts of crazy stuff if he's out the rest of the season.

Hell, i even remember callers on local radio saying Crosby is doomed and shouldn't play this season because he's only going to get killed out there.

I'm gonna go hide my head in the sand for the next 12 months.

This is directly related at you but I think the entire issue with Crosby was that the organization mangled it, from the diagnosis to the handling of the media. I mean if memory serves me correctly they even had Rossi taken off the beat because he asked too many obvious questions.

The Sid ordeal got to be pretty scary, he comes back after almost a year and has symptoms after playing a few games and not even taken hits. This after more than a handful of players missed a year, 2 years or didnt come back at all.

With Malkin, if it is just a concussion the handling of it, the reporting and even LGP comments will be fine. People just keep forgetting the reason the Sid Concussion Drama got out of control was because he had a broken neck.

Yeah, i have no doubt he will be fine but i just get a sick feeling from all the garbage that was out there and bad reporting from the Sid incident.